Female soldiers in combat

'They kept shooting at us while I kept driving': Female soldiers recall near-death Gaza incident

Maj. Nurit Rokach, Linor, and Stav described the April 2025 Gaza ambush that left two of them severely wounded and exposed failures in sending them without a convoy.

Three female soldiers, one year after a near-death experience in the Gaza Strip, speaking to Channel 12's 'Uvda,' broadcast May 7, 2026.
Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

After being sexually harassed by terrorists, female IDF reservists refuse to serve - report

Female IDF combat soldiers.

High Court says IDF must implement equal opportunity for women in combat roles

FEMALE IDF field intelligence collection soldiers S, D, and V in the Syrian buffer zone.

Female IDF soldiers barred from entering base on religious grounds - report


These women are the first IDF tank crew preventing drug smuggling along Egyptian border

Meet the 10 women making history operation Israel's first female tank crew along the Egyptian border, preventing drug smuggling.

IDF female combat soldiers.

Gallant says 'dramatic change' coming in integrating more women in IDF combat roles

Debates over the inclusion of female combat soldiers have raged in Israel since the beginning of the war.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meeting with female combat commanders to discuss "dramatic changes" in the IDF, March 8, 2024.

Less than 50% of Israeli men believe women are capable of being combat soldiers

Only 65% of Israelis believe a woman can be IDF chief-of-staff; little over half of Israeli men believe women can hold combat positions.

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

Female combat soldiers contribute to Hamas eliminations in Gaza Strip

Female combat troops from the 414 Field Intelligence unit identified a number of Hamas terrorists who attempted to covertly transport weapons hidden in bags.

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip February 3rd, 2024.

N12 presenter blasts Israeli war hero for objecting to female fighters in Gaza

Yom Kippur War hero Avigdor Kahalani was confronted about his past comments criticizing the role of women in the Israeli military.

 Former Israeli politician and Brigadier General Avigdor Kahalani poses for a picture in the Valley of Tears, Golan Heights, northern Israel, September 20, 2022.

Lookout tells 'Post' about the first nightmarish moments of invasion

She continued despite being surrounded and adjacent lookouts being destroyed.

 Corp. Maya Atilas of the Border Defense Unit of the Gaza Division

Women breaking barriers into combat units amid reservists strike

"Being a female combat soldier is an honorable form of service, and did not always exist as an option," one female combat soldier said.

 Young women getting ready to race young men at simulation for elite IDF units tryout at Wingate Center in Netanya

High Court: Should women serve in all IDF combat units?

The petitioners argued that women were able to meet the demands of a wide variety of heavy infantry and special units and the law demanded that women be admitted.

Women in an IDF combat unit help one of their fellow fighters during a training exercise

12 women pass IDF screening tests for elite Yahalom combat unit

For the first time ever, 12 women will begin the year-long Yahalom training course after entry to the unit was opened for women earlier this month.

Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force's elite  669 Search and Rescue Unit as well as the Yahalom combat engineering unit.

Highest-ranking woman in Israel Police: Avoid self-pity

These many positions, especially for a male-led organization like the police, have forced Bar Zvi to face many a challenge.

 Sigal Bar Zvi, head of the Operations Division of the Israel Police